weekend recap - moving edition

the weekend began with a rainy day parade....friday eve, we rushed home to beat the heritage day parade in our town - since we live downtown, if we don't beat it home, we can't get home until the parade is over....it was really just drizzling, but very dark & gloomy....which i guess is why this parade had to have been the shortest parade EVER!

waiting patiently for the parade to begin....again, check out gabby's outfit - she's so into creating her own style these days - can't say i was too thrilled with her tights being totally ruined at school that day! but oh well, they're just tights

is that really the end mama?!

i guess the parade was a clue as to how most of the weekend would go...

saturday, my sister was to watch the kids most of the day because curtis had to work.....they were planning on jumping on her trampoline for hours on end & just playing there instead of being under my feet.....well, i woke up to rain (see pic above) & immediately thought "great, my sister will be stuck inside with the kids all day!"......then she calls to say that she woke up with a fever & her cough was way worse.....she went to the doctor & found out she had viral pneumonia - GREAT!

so the kids stayed home with me & they did pretty well - although, it was difficult finding things to keep them busy AND out of my way - especially when it's raining outside.....but my mom finally relieved me just in time for curtis to get home & we were able to bust butt until the kids' bedtime when we went to go pick them up....then i stayed up late to bust out cakes

then sunday, the kiddos went to my brother & sister-in-law's house for the first half of the day, came home to nap, then went to my sister's (the doc put her on an anti & steroid & she was no longer contagious after 24 hours & was feeling better too) until dinner time......again, curtis & i were able to get a lot done that day

monday & tuesday, i was off work - the kids were in school & curtis worked - so i got a lot done on my own.....when the evening rolled around, the kiddos went to my sister's or mom's for dinner & a few hours of play/tv.....thank all 3 of u ladies for your help - thank u, thank u, thank u!!! u don't know how much easier u made things for curtis & i!!!

the thing with this move was....we essentially packed up & moved EVERYTHING in those 4 days! with as busy as i've been with cakes & just life in general since we found out we were moving just a little over a month ago....i hadn't had time to do any pre-packing.....i was able to sort through some of the kids stuff & get rid of things here & there as we were leading up to the move....but no real packing got done

oh, and i forgot to mention - i had my top wisdom teeth removed friday morning, went to work, then home for the parade....so they were bothering me through this whole move too!

i probably bit off way more than i could chew, but hey - that's life.....it actually worked well, except for the fact that we were moving 4 years of our life from this HUGE apartment into a much smaller space, with waaaaaaaay less storage!

we didn't exactly finish either - Socks is still living in the old place until curtis cleans/moves his 50 gallon tank, the attic at the old house still has lots to be cleared out & my cake decorating stuff still needs to find a home.....and i need to clean the entire apartment.....but it'll get done......luckily for us, there's no new renter to move into our old place yet (they did come by last night to look tho & will most likely b moving in in about a month).....i arranged for the electric & water in the old place to stay on through the weekend & our old landlord is cool with us finishing up this week.....we should have every bit of our stuff out & the entire place clean by the end of the day saturday - wish us luck!

and of course, our new place is still unsettled.....we have most everything there, but only the kids' rooms are looking somewhat complete......i still have a lot of cleaning to do before i can put everything in it's place (the renters before us did clean pretty well, but they had animals - and i HATE pet hair! why is that stuff so hard to get rid of?!).....and we have the fun job of figuring out where to put what.....how to make our lives run smoothly in this new space.....it'll take some time, but it'll be worth it in the end

we had this little lady there to welcome us in yesterday

sorry for the poor pic quality - i only had my cell on me.....she was hanging upside down on our fence & she has to be prego - look at that belly! jaden LOVES praying mantis', so he was thrilled when i showed him this pic

it felt nice sleeping in the new place last night too.....curtis & i both took showers & hit the bed at about 1:30am (no biggie for me, but curt was DRAGGING).....the kids went to bed super late too - mom & dad dropped them off around 9pm, but by the time we got homework done, their beds made up in clean sheets & got them washed up & ready for bed, it was 11pm! i hope their butts rn't dragging too much in school today!

here they are, waiting for me to finish making up their beds

just in case u're wondering - that IS our sectional! BUT, it wouldn't fit into our new living room! so we had to take out the middle curvy section & piece the rest together like a regular sofa.....we're adjusting ;0)

sorry i don't have pics of our move - but hey, my camera is the LAST thing i was thinking about over these last 4 days! ~lol~ i'll snap some of the empty place when we finish up there & i'm sure i'll be taking some as we get the rooms settled in our new home

our yard sale is saturday....i'm hoping that it doesn't rain & we make tons of loot! ;0)

i'm calling around to rent a storage unit today.....our out building isn't big enough or safe enough (from critters) to store all our stuff.....say a prayer for us as we finish up at the old place this week & begin our lives in this new space.....it'll take a little while for us to get used to our new digs - but we're really liking it already! :0)